Development of larval motor circuits in Drosophila

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 408-419

  Kohsaka, Hiroshi ^a   Okusawa, Satoko ^a   Itakura, Yuki ^a   Fushiki, Akira ^a   Nose, Akinao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila larvae; Locomotion; Motor circuit; Neural development; Optogenetics

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENDRITES; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPIL;

EID: 84860261077     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01347.x     Document Type: Review

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